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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1877-12-24

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1877-12-24 page 1

State .4 mi rmi V5 V-wVv VOL. XXXVIII. COLUMBUS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1877. NO. 307. SIEBERT & LILLET, BLANK BOOK IS A N IIFACTDKEIIH. Prlmei .iliiler, NtBtlonera and I i-(.al Blank Publishers. BOOK BINDING Ot every Description, by the Edition or chngu Volume. Opern House Building (Up Stairs), ap4 COLUMBUS. FALL fti VyiNTER WOOLENS. GEO. T. DUVALL, Merchant Tailor! 137 liUUTU U16U ST. aul8 ly NO FORFEITURES. THE JOHN HANCOCK HAS TRANSACTED BUSINESS FOR THE ptiBtNIxteen Team, and Id no single Instance has a policy issued by it been forfeited for the non-tmyment ot the premium. By the Now York Insurance Report, 1877, it will he Been that during 1870, the Life Insurance Companies doinff business in Die State of New York, lapsed, for the non-payment of premiums, Policies to an amount exceeding one hundred and six millions of dollars, (he whole reserve fund being confiscated. The loss indicted on this clans of Policy-holders fllone, during the past two years, will, it Is estimated, greatly oxoood the loss sustained by the failure of all the Life Insurnace Companies combined. No MnssHt'hnwetiB 1,1 1 e Innurntice Com pan? hits over fulled, relntiur-ed it r It lis, or coiiuoltUatetl wllb another fompnny, Over 0:150,000.00 have been paid in the past fow years i nder Lapsed Policies, which, if issued in any other State, would have been worihlettH. How $4,590 was Saved. Alexander Hitbie, of SpringBeld, Long Is land, insured his life with the John Hancock INiiinal MAfe lnnnrauce Company for $5000, in November, Ml. He paid two and one-half year's premium, less two annual dividends, when his Policy lapsed by the non-avment of the Semi-Annual Premium, due May lOih, 1874. Mr. Higbie died Sep tembitr Hth, 1870, nlN death nocurrliiff over two jfarn after bin poller baU lapNed. The John Hancock this day, December 2d, 1870, has paid, through its New York office, 8-1BDO to Mrs. Bnrah F. Higbie, widow of Alexander Higbie; this Bum being the full faoe of the Policy, less the over due premiums with interest. The above simply illustrates similar casea constantly occurring WHAT O TH tit COMPANIES DO How 85000 Were foat. Hon. H. O. Evans, vropnetor of theHoboken Weekly Democrat, for many years Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Jersey, insured his lif for $iOO0,with one of the largest and oldeBtCompanie; be paid bin premium, reu-ulttrly for nlue yeiiri. Two years ago, while riding in Central Park, he was thrown from his carriage and taken to his home insensible. A few days after the accident, but over one week prior to his death, his wife found his Policy of Life Insurance for $M00,but the premium was one day over due. The premium was at once tendered to the Company, but refused, although it was explained that Mr. Evans would have paid, as ho always had tor the past nine years, had he not lost his mind through the accident. The Company, ' however, ruled that the Policy was void and worthless because the tender of tho premium-was made one day too late. The following are some of the many cavxtt, which prevent policy holder 6 from paying their premiums when due, viz : Absence from home; truating to others; for-getfulness; temporary embarrassment; ions of confidence in the Company; lailure in business; failure of Company to send usual notice; change of residence; insanity or temporary aberation of mind. In rccoicultlon of the advanf aires of tbe HaMaebmicUB Non-Forfeliable Law. tbe New York ConimiHaloner, In bl Report of 1870, aayu : 'The Massachusetts Non-Forfeitable Law, or some similar enactment, enabling a policy-bolder to retrieve an act of forgetfulness on his part, or the failure of the agent to give the usual notice, would do much to restore public confidence in the integrity of Life Insurance management." Preaent ANaeta 82.800,253 00 Preaeut Nurplua, N. T. Law 458,398 43 Present Nnrplua, Man- aavhuseUa Law 258,403 08 Total amount of Innnr ance protected from forfeiture 810,020,404 00 Interest Income tor 1876, from investments 176,431 73 DlnbnrNein'ta for Death Claims 133,366 71 The income from interest receipts alone more than pays the death claims. THE JOHN-HANCOCK MUTUAL Life Insurance Company, OF BOSTON, MABS. President, GEORGE THORNTON. Secretary, oso.li. WOODWARD. Vice President, Bnmuel Atherton; Treasurer, Ohafl G. Wood; Counsel, Hamuel Walla; Metli cal Einminer, James 0. While, M. 1J ; Supervisor of Agents, Frank M. Hayden. CHAS. hTmOOBE, 25 N. BWII ST.... COLTJMBTIS, OHIO, State Agent for Ohio and West Vi'smia. Good, reliable business men can procure County and District ARencies, ou good terms, bv aoolvinK to the State Agent. oc24 eod 2m BOYER'S Carmelite Melissa Cordial, (Eau de Mel'me dee Cannes ) 800 YEARS Reputation Annual Sales In Paris ahmt, 1,800,000 Horn.KN. Sunnorted and sustained bv the endorsement of the most eminent of F&enoh Pbaotittonf.bs. A Sovereign Remedy far DYSPEPSIA, DISORDERS of tbe StOMAl'H, And nil Nervous A flee I Ions. Get the Genulm. Beware of Imitation!, 80LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Place, New York. R. Jooes k Sod, Wholesale r Dealers uoiumous,u, lepn ly ip MQQDIE, HUBBARD& CO, BANKERS, 61 SOUTH HIGH STREET. jy9 tf lp LEASON, Bookseller, Stationer & Newsdealer, GO SOUTH HIGH ST. (Opposite Miale Hon He) THIS DA VI And every day and evening, Iblrty-slxlb Animal D I spiny of Holiday Goods! ODB STOCK OF STANDARD BOOKS Is tbe Largest; JUVENILE ItOO UN la ine ihenneat; FA IV I' T HOODS la the moat Vnrlcd. UIIMTY, BEAUTY and DURABILI Tf linn been otir aim. sep29 6m lp l)iaState0iirnaL Uaii . : II I'curl uiitl liiil hit. 1. M. L'"'MI.V. A. W. FIIANC'IBOO. COtfLY & FRANCISCO, I't'oi.isHCRS and rnoi'alETons. A. W. FEASCISCO, General manager. Indications for the Tennessee and Ohio Valley Southeast winds, stationary temper ature, falling barometer, cloudy and rainy weather will prevail. Gei.D closed in New York Saturday at 102j. The suit recently instituted against sporting men for recovery of money lost by a bank defalcation, and alleged to have found its way to the gaming table, will again draw public attention to a dis grace which has afflicted Colambus for several ytara. Gambling hells are con ducted in this city openly and defiantly; and there seems to be no particular effort on the part of the proprietors to conceal the fact that they are pro fessional gamblers. They aim to make gambling respectable, and impudently assume their right to levy contributions on those weak and foolish enough to patronize them, and do not seem to be concerned about the source of supply. There is some wholesome law about keeping gambling houses and engaging in gambling for livelihood, which, if strictly applied, would land some well'dressed and high- living men in prison cells. Caliban and Pickaway, tho Enquirer commissioners who have been perambu lating the State in search of a Senator, submitted their eBtimateB Saturday morning. Caliban recapitulates as followB; Pendleton 37, Ewing 24, Morgan 21, Hurd 4, Ward 4, Payne 3 The correspondent adds: " It isn't claimed, understand, that this is tbe first ballot, or the second, either, for the complimentary votes may not be disposed of in either , but I think it is a very close approximation of tbe vole when they get down to business." Pickaway makes up tbe following estimate for the third ballot : Pendleton 31, Ewing 31, Morgan 29, Payne 1, scattering 1 the "scattering" Senator being 8teedman, who is supposed to be loaded with bird shot. Both esti mates may be said to be substantially for the third ballot, and comparisons therefore become interesting. Both correspondents agree that Representative White, of Franklin, will vote for Ewing, but they disagree as to Senator Erimmel and Beprenentative Booth, Caliban giving both of them to Pendleton, and Pickaway salting them squarely in the Ewing camp. There is the same difference as to the vole of Van Cleaf, of Pickaway county. Making Iron nt tteHNemer. The following communication is re published, in order to present the sub ject in complete form after the correction of some errors in figures which appeared Saturday morning: Ed. State Journal Newark, Ohio, Dec. 21. lo the Editor of the Ohio State Journal : In your paper of this date an .article ib copied from the Akron Beacon giving, amoDg other interesting items, the estimated cost of making iron at tbe Akron furnace Bessemer. The writer estimates three tons of ore at $2 per ton. ihe Akron Iron Company havo now in their kilns 19,000 tons of ore, at a cost of eightynve cents per ton. Allowing a handsome royalty, or in other words, one that would make tho land of fabulouB value per acre, i. e , fifteen centa per ton, and the following estimate will be much nearer the real facts of the cost of a ton of iron at that furnace: 3 tons ore at $1 00.,... $3 00 3 " coal at 70c 2 10 " limestone at 80c 60 Labor per ton 2 60 Repairs " 1 00 Incidentals" 1 00 Total $10 20 In the above estimate it will not be questioned that the estimated quantity and cost of material is ample, or that the UemB of labor, repairs and incidentals are more than sufficient for a furnace of the capacity of the Akron. E. Dealb of Mrs. I cHorl. Dayton Democrat, 22d. The venerable Mrs, Eckert, mother of General F, T. Eckert. of the American Telegraph company; W. F. Eckert, of Cincinnati (lor years conductor on ine Cincinnati. Hamilton and Davtnn rail road), and Captain Bingham Eckert, of the Ivsvenue service, died y ester nay morning, after n lingering illneBS. Mrs. Eckert was a native of Pennsylvania, but came to Ohio with her husband many vears ago, and settled in Miami county. She has been residing in this city several yean, with her children. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE OHIO STATE JOVBNAL EVARTS. Conclusion of hie Speech at tbe New KngJand Dinner Satnrday Even lug-. New Yobk, Dec. 23. Following is the concluding portion ot Secretary tvarts's speech at the New England dinner'last evening: "We have finished a struggle mat nas made permanent ana general in the constitutions, in the laws, and in the arrangement of society, a complete ad mission of the equality of the land of the safety of citizenship and the duty of mutual love. Now, after a great civil war greater than any the Nation has ever endured, sepa- rately and without disintegration or in. jury to its integrity, there are duties that do not belong to the condition, either pre. paratory to the strife or when the strife was in progress. We have found out what bayonets mean in this country, and vou remember what Eosea Bigelow says on that eubjet : 'Lord, didn't I feel streaky the nrst time i lounu out tne oayonets were peeping,' and you will observe that their utility is of a somewhat demon strative character. Bnt I think it is Bis. marck who is credited with the bull that biyonets are not an institution to sit down on, and so the American people, as averse as anv people could be to the use or the administration of bayonets, is the laat nation of the world that would like to sit down on that institution. Laughter and use ! When, therefore, we have come to a time when having secured every purpose of the war, when having enlisted the law and institutions of Booiety in furtherance of New England virtues, that justice and duty and right should prevail , throughout luiB land, let ub accept at once what we shall be recreant or faithless to our importance if we do not accept, that New England opinions. New En gland ideas and New England results are to make their way in this country by moral and intellectual methods. I hear some talk of reactionary lenden- oiesand influences, but if we are not willing to be patient, I do not think it ia advisable to resort to finished methods of force. Whenever those methods are neces sary, New England will resume her arms and not resort to theammositiea and jealousies in order to reach the coarser method of hostilities. New England practices her faith, and if these methods are slow, and by a gradual diffusion of moral government we can never be charged with having done anything that does not honor our New England ancestors. There are three questions now be fore the people, all public, unselfish, ennobling and patriotic. The public peace is tbe first one, and that is to be assured in the general way in which 1 have indi cated. Then there is the public faith the whole audience at this point rose and cheered heartily for the President without which we can not have an honorable national life; and last of all there la the public service, which, unless it is pure, strong and noble, will degrade the paiins ol our freedom to the lowest doggerel in 9'ireuw, In regard to the public faith we have passed the stage of antagonism; with regard to the Nation's debts, and what ia going on within our borders, theie are difficulties and dangers to be overcome, but there aro no hostili ties. Everything from the Erst to the West, from the North to tho South, is at peace. What we n'jed is to look after our wealth, to increase our gold and silver, to preserve our industry and thrift, and to make the most of our brotherhood. It was a very wise maxim of Mr. Webster, when in tho bitternerB of the strife that was waging against him in the latter dayB of his career, he made this ready answer: 'They are not bad men, but bad reasoners upon the subject of the public service.' It is better that all should have one good example than many principles. We must not step backward. J his must be tne motto ot our magistrates, statesmen, teachers, editors and tho people. We must goon, we must go on. We must understand that there are many difficulties to be en countered in the methods by which we may reach our way out, and 1 believe that those difficulties will be met in the words of Mr. Burke. Where he speaka of life of a good government he says: y whatever path the great places are to be reached, even H that path be slimy with calumny and jealousy, the one which ' tends upward will be the one taken, it is lor you as a people to make your public life bright and clear, and ever tending upward SB an example of your public service. I need oulyBtate, with your honored President, be has never pursued any deviouB paths, and he does not propose to encourage their pursuit by others." L Prolonged cheers.J Perry Bowabcr'a Trial, 9peoial to the Ohio Stale Journal. Cd-illicothe, Dec. 22 Perry Bow- sher, accused of the murder of the Mc-Vey family, a short time since, was brought from the Columbus jail to-day and arraignt d before our court which is now in session, Judge Steel presiding. Uis trial was set for the first of next session, January 8. Bowsher stated to the Court that he had no means to employ counsel for defense, and the Court appointed Hon. Archibald Mayo and Colonel William Qilmore as his attorneys. Mr. Mayo stated that bb the statute allowed only $100 for defending criminals even in capital cases, and as the prisoner was conhned in the franklin county jail, which involved considerable expense when his client was consulted, he asked that some procedure be entered into to allow extra compensation for this labor and expense. Under the circumstances this is a case ol extra hardship, but bow this problem will be solved is a mystery that all tbe attorneys in the State will be anxious lo have unraveled. United States and Meloan Troona Join Hands In tbe Pnranlt ol Raiders of tbe Border. New York, Deo, 28 A San Antonio special says: Ofl Thursday last, Lieutenant Ward, in command of a detachment of United Stales cavalry, followed the trail of a party of Indiana going out of Texas with stolen stock to the Rio Urande. Lieutenant Ward notified the nearest Mexican officer, who appeared with a detachment of troops and the two commands joined in following tbe trail into Mexico. The joint Bcout was fruit less, but the Mexican omcers expressed a willingness to co-operateMn pursuing the raiders when they cross into Mexico. oumlBNloner of Western Railroads Pirn.TT.rni,ii! Tien. 23. Nathan flnil. ford, General Freight Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railway, has resigned to accept the position of Commissioner of Western ranroaas, to wmcn no ins ap pointed by a unanimous vote of forty-eight roads, His office will be at Ohi ongo. Senator Patterson's Coudltlon. Washington, Dec. 23. Senator Pat. terson'B enndition does not seem sb favor1 able as yesterday. He is weak from nerv ous prostration. His friends say ihat even if he should recover, ne would not be able to leave bis room for aeveral weeks to com;. FOREIGN. Determined to Carry on tbe War to tbe Lost Extremity. London. Dec. 23. A Constantinople dispatch says : It ia declared the Porte is determined to carry on the war to the last extremity, should request for media tion fail. Layard. the British Embonaa dor, has not yet received Lord Derby's reply to the Forte a note. Great distress prevails among the poor of Constantinople. The price of provi sions ia rising in consequence of a de. preciation of the currency. Trouble is anticipated if the price of bread is in creased. Rumored Peace Overtures Constantinople, Dec, 23. The Porte has issued a proclamation deposing Prince Milan, of eervia. it is rumored that on Thursday the Sultan ordered Edhem Pa. sha, Grand Vizier, to take steps to pro. cure peace. Tbe Old and tbe New ministers. London, Dec. 23. Mr. Pierrepont presented his letters of recall to the Queen at Windsor Castle, Saturday, and Mr, Welsh presented his credentials as Minister of Ihe United Stales. They were both introduced by Earl Derby. Oreece Calls Oat Her Reserves. London, Dec. 23. A dispatch from Athens announces that M, Coumoundouis has submitted bills to the Chamber for nominating officers of the mobile Nation al guard, and immediately calling out the reserve ot the regular amy, Rnsslans About Erzeromn. London. Dec. 23 A teleeram from Eizerouni reports that twenty battalions of Russians have been seen northeast of Erzeroum. ConBiderable Russian forces have also concentrated behind the Deve Boyun. Ambassador Gazetted. Paris. Deo. 23. The appointment of marquis de Ht, valuer to be Ambassador to Berlin, is gazetted. , Rnsslan i,usaes. St. Petersburg. Deo. 23. The total Russian loss by the war to December 20, is 80,412. Fire In Neffarh, tipeciul tu the OhioStato Journal. Newark. Die. 23. The only thinr that saved Newark from a very disas trous fire, which consumed the Btables of Dr. Barrows, Mrs. Ballou and Mrs. Atch- rly this morning shortly after midnight. was the absence of wind and tbe damp condition of the roofs of the buildings in close proximity. Ibe Jire Department did not set to work until all three of the structures were in flames. Tbia is in a measure ac counted for by tho fact that the fire alarm bell cannot be heard at but a very short distance from where it is situated, consequently the men were not all out. This bell was made for a district school in Allegheny City, which on trial the directors refused to accept, and it was afterward bought lor this city for the purpose for which it ia now used by a junketing com mittee of our City Council, who went there to purohase it and have a good time. The Newark Fire Department, although passably good, could be made much better with a little judicious handling. We merely make this suggestion and desire it to be understood as offered, in a spirit of kindness. Dr. Borrowe's horses, including Daniel the Prophet and Red Eagle, were got out of his stable without injury, A valuable team belonging to Mr. Beach, in one of tbe other stables, was injured to some ex-lent by the fire. This burning, it is believed, was the work of an incendiary, as the premises in which it commenced were locked up as late as ten o'clock. It commenced in the hay loft. Reception of Hra. Hayes. New York. Dec. 23. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ellis, formerly of Cincinnati, last evening gave a reception to Mrs. Hayea at their residence, West Fifty- seventh s'.reet. Although it was quite an impromptu a flair, there were a large number of distinguished people present, and the entertainment waB of the most agreeable character, The President was expected to arrive at some time during tbe evening, but the lateness of tbe hour that the dinner of tbe XNew England Society was over, rendered his presence impos sible. The President. New York. Dec. 23. President and Mrs. Hayes this morning attended divine service at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the evening at Rev. Dr. John Hall's Presbyterian Church. The President arid party start for Washington to-morrow morning. Worneu and Home. Bob fngersoll.l I believe woman is the equal of man and has all the rights of man, and one more, that of protection, I believe the institution of marriage to be the holiest and most sacred institution among men. Yet it took thousands of yeare to advance from Blavery up to the marriage institution. I hale a man who thinks he is the head of the family, I do. I despise him, I hale one of these dignified old galoots. Roars of laughter I never saw a diguitied man who was not a dunce. Solemnity is a breistwork which mediocrity throws up to defend itself from the eyes of the world. I hate a man who ia an aristocrat in his family, and whose wife is obliged to be a beggar. She Bays, "I want a dollar," and aska for it as if she were standing on a bombshell, and he replies, "What did you do with the laat BO cental gave you?" tlow many women are obliged to be continual beggars ? How can you raise children in such an atmosphere? It's a terrible thing; it's wretched and mlamous. j. believe in tne democracy of the family. Every home should be a little republic in itself. Love is the only thing that will pay 10 per cent. to both borrower and lender. Love is the only thing where the leaBt possible extravagance is the height of economy. What right has man to be the head of the family 1 A man should be cheerful and pleasant on coming into a house. W hen yon enslave any body you make him dishonest. You cannot put a fetter on the limb of any man without putting a corre sponding fetter on your brain. Some people ask me if I am in nivor oi women voting, I say let them settle that themselves, But it has seemed to me that on some questions, that of war for instanoe, a wo man who has children to be offered on the altar, has as good a right to decide as somo wretched sobody who reels and staggers to the ballot-box. I sometimes think there is more genuine kindness among the poor than among the rich. There is no need of being etingy, If you h&vo but a dollar, spend it like a man, I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend it like a beggar. Among the poor there are more opportunities for kindnesB and self-denial than among the rich, A hijt with love in it is a palace lit for a king, A little while ago I stood at tho tomb of tbe dead Napoleon, and when I thought of his past life, I thought I would rather have been a French peasant and worn wooden Bhoee, living in a but with a little wire I loved, with children upon my knee and their arms about my neok, and died unnoticed and unknown, loyed OUR POPULAR HOLIDAY SALE STILL IN FORCE ! OVERCOATS! SUITS ! FURNISHING GOODS! 337Vn&jIJNTS FOR EVER by those who knew me, than ts have been that king. It is not necessary to be great or powerful to be happy. A false doc trine baa been taught in the community, It is that only a man who works his whole life away is successful. A man whose days have been days of enjoyment, whose life is bnppy, who is tbe emperor as well as the subject of one heart his life has been the only true success. Welab Love fr Music. Wirt Bvkes, in Appleton's Journal lor Janu-uary.lIn one aspect the Welsh people may be spoken of as a people whose lives are passed in the indulgence of their love for music and dancing. The air of Wales seems always full of music. In the Christmas season there is an unending succession of concerts and of miscellaneous entertainments, of which music forms a pari; while you can not enter a tap. room where a few are gathered together without the imminent probability that one or more will break forth in Bong. By this is not meant a general musical howl, such as is apt to be evoked from a room lull of men of any nationality when very much under the influence of the rosy god; but good set songs, with good Welsh or English words to them, executed with respect for their work by the vocalists, and listened to with a like respect by the rest of the company. When an Englishman is drunk he is belligerent; when a Frenchman is drunk he is amorous; when an Italian is drunk he is loquacious; when a Scotchman is drunk he is argumentative; when a German is drunk he is sleepy; when an American ia drunk he brags; and when a Welshman is drunk he sings. Sometimes he dances; but he docs not do himself credit aB a dancer under these circumstances; for when I speak of dancing I do not refer to taose wooden paces and inflections which paas for . dancing in society, whether in Europe or America, and which are little more than an amiable pretext for bringing in contact human elements which are slow to mix when planted in chairs about a room; I refer to the individual dancing of men who do not dance for tbe purpose of touching women's hands, or indulging in small talk, but for the purpose of dancing, and who apply themselves seriously and skillfully to their work to wit, the scientific performance of the jig. Tbe Trade Dollar at a DUcouut. Washington Cor. Boston Journal. The Treasury Department haa information that San Francisco bankers have sent circulars to Western manufacturers, offering to supply them with trade dollars at one and a half per cent, discount, Mexican dollurB have also recently been sent in considerable amounts from New York to the West. They are sold at ninetyfive cents on a greenback dollar. There is said to be a large Btipply of trade dollars at San Francisco, as the bankers there refuse to take them except as a Bpecial deposit. The Director of the Mint has received applications to coin much larger amountB of trade dollars, on account of this demand in the West, but the Secretary of the Treasury is endeavoring to prevent any additional coinage of the trade dollar, except for the purpose of exportation, and he is understood to claim that he has the power, under the act authorizing the trade dollar, to do this. He claims that the trade dollars are authorized only for export purposes. Treasury officials are alio advised that Biveral large manufactureit in the Western cities have begun to use trade dollars, paying them out instead of greenbacks aB the price of a day's work, and that the tradesmen in some of the cities, notably Cleveland, are already beginning to discover that a silver dollar worth ninetyfive cents will buy as much tea and sugar as a greenback dollar. The Western bankers refuse to give greenback credits for silver deposits. Women Lawyers and Congress. Hartford Times.l The House Judiciary committee, Btrange aa it may appear, were almost unanimous in favor of reporting the bill giving women lawyers the right to practice before tbe Supreme Court of the United States, after having heard the argument of Mrs. Belva Lockwood, Washington's first woman lawyer. As soon as Mrs. Lockwood left the committee room, Ben Butler suggested that the committee vote upon the bill. "If any gentleman has anything to advance," said he, "to show that a woman has not aa good a right to practice law, everywhere and anywhere, as a man, I would like to hear it." Nothing was said, and it was decided to report the bill favorably as soon as tbe committee ia again called in the House. Proctor Knott will, it is said, make a speech In support of the bill, as will also Butler and Frye Mrs. Lockwood has a first-class practice in the courts of the district, having worked it up in the face of many obstacles. She has been employed in any number of equity and divorce cases and contests over wills, and kept up all the time a large practice before the criminal court, where she has won great distinction as an attorney. She haB one or two women students in her office. The Wentber and Business. Cincinnati price Current.! Great complaints are made of the remarkably unseasonable weather. We are within a few days of Christmas and no snow has fallen of any consequence in new England. The .northern lakes, rivers and canals remain open. The tern perature in Cincinnati at 2 o'clock p. m. for the last ten days has only once been as low as 47 degrees, and as we write it is up to 08. This restricts trade in many branches of business. Pork packing without ice is impracticable, and that business is in suspense. Tbe trade in fruit, such aa apples and oranges, suffers from the rapid decay of these artioles, The distribution of winter clothing, dry IF" Xj .A. 7 KTJEIIXj HOUSI3 BIiOOK. goods, furs, etc., is restricted, and in fact every branch of business is more or less depressed by the warm weather. HE CITY. Jnuaeuui of Natnrnl History Ex pluuatory Cards. The proposed establishment of a Museum of Natural History in this city, resulted in a misunderstanding jn regard to authority for the use of names and haB called forth the following cards : To the Editor of Ihe Ohio 8tale Journal : I regret the necessity which compels me to solicit the use of yourcolumnB for the purpose of placing myself right on tbe record. Perhaps ten days ago Mr. Jacob H. Stnder called upon me to know whether the establishment of a Natural History Museum in this city would meet my approbation, and whether I could or would contribute toward it. I replied that such museum would not only meet my hearty approval, but that I had a number of natural history objects which I would cheerfully contribute. lo this he replied that if he might use my name as approving of the enterprise that he could secure more contributions than without it, knowing me to be an active member of the Natural History Society, etc. Of course I was perfectly willing that he should say to any and everybody that I was in favor of a Nat ural History Museum, He did not tell me. nor did 1 ever dream, that my name waa to be attached to a circular proposing a lottery scheme by which to obtain funds. Nor did he advise mo that any "disfr6ufioa" or lot tery was in any manner to be connected with it. Knowing full well that all "Gift," "Vistiibution" or lottery schemes, by wnatever name designated, are unlawful in Ohio, I certainly would not knowingly head a list proposing or endorsing any such enterprise. JOHN H. K.LIPPART. Columbus, 0 , Dec. 22. To the Editor of the Ohio State Journal : Professor John H. Klippart, in a card, which appears in tbe Herald of this morning, withdraws his name from the supposed distribution of twelve landscape paintings, to raise a fund to establish in this city a free Museum of Natural History. I regret that he misunderstood me, or the plan proposed. No lottery, or game of chance was coupled with the prop osition, nor do 1 wish my euorts so interpreted.The donation of the paintings was to give an added interest to an enterprise, which certainly ib a public benefit. The cost of the paintings would have been about two hundred dollars onethird their real value. The income from the sale of tickets, estimated by what has been paid, would have reached about fifteen hundred dollars, which sum would have been sufficient to purchase glass cases to preserve tbe specimens, and establish the Museum. The four hundred and eightytwo dollars and fifty cents I have received to date, from the sale of tickets, will be returned on demand, and all ex penses incurred I assume. Jacob H, Studeb. December 23, 1877. Hosiltal for Insane. Tbe trustees and officers of the Colum bus Hospital for Insane filed their annual report with the Governor on Saturday. The report is very large, giving in detail the money spent for building purposes, the reasons for not opening the building sooner for the admission of patients, extended remarks about gradingjand beautifying the grounds, and other miscellaneous matters. During the year $214,568.03 has been spent for building purposes, leaving $781.23 in the treasury for this fund. The trustees ask for $36,754.78 to pay ouatanding claims for work on the building.Ihe sum required to complete the four unfinished wards on the fourth floor is $5246; this will make the total coBtof the building $1,526,226 45. The work of grading and beautifying the grounds has been going on extensively during the year, the grounds having been laid out in walks, drives and lawns: also, the swampy ground at the rear of the south wing has been drained and filtered. An additional BDproDriation of $20,000 is asked for to continue this work; also, t:DU to be used in fixing up the water supply and sewerage. Following are the estimates for the coming year : Building funds, $42,000; current expenses, $150,000; grading and lencmg, zu,ihiu; ice house, fcliouu; screcnB for basement. $2500: library and Dictures. $300; salaries, $5200; airing courts and mortuary, $.000; organ and pianos, $1500; fire extinguishers $600, Christmas Celebration at Trinity Cbnrcb. There will be an interesting choral service at Trinity Church this evening (Christmas Eve), beginning at half-past six o'clock, illustrating by song and the Gospel narrative the birth and life of the "Child Jesus." The children of the Sunday School, the choir of the Church and the congregation will all unite in the service of sacred song. The Church will be appropriately decorated for the occasion. The promise of the Messiah, the kingdom foretold, the prophecy and promise fulfilled, the birth of the Child Jesus, the Bhepherds keeping watch, the good tidings of great joy, the three kings ot the Orient, each successively eventB in the Gospel narrative, will be illustrated in the service. After the service the children of the Sunday School will "gather around the Christmas tree," G- ZEE YTJIE TIDE COXFLIMiaiVTS ELLIOTT, The OPTICIAN. SPECTACLES, EYE GLASSES, MICROSCOPE, ACCESSORIES, Etc.. All Delects ot V ision remedied Steam street Hallway. An engine and car are being fitted up by the Franklin Machine company, to be used on the North High Btreet railway. The work is being done under the direction of Dr. Carpenter and J. Gill Blain The engine will be finished in a few days, when a trial will take place. It has been used a little, but has received a thorough overhauling, and a few improvements. It is about five horse power, haying two cylinders, with four-inch bores, and a stroke of five inches. A reversable lever has been added to it. An upright tubular boiler will be used. The engine and boiler will probably weigh one thousand pounds. The engine and boiler will be placed on a car something after the fashion of a street car, but only about six feet long. The piBsenger car will hold about twenty-five persons. Only Bix wheels are required Icr both cars, as the passenger car is made to rest on the engine car. The steam will escape into a sufficient amount of pipe, under the paBsenger car, to condense it, and will then run inlo the water tank. The power is conveyed from the engine to the drive wheels by means of a chain belt. It is Btated that the engine can be stopped aa soon as a horse. A steel spring for the purpose of giving it some assistance in starting and stopping, is adjusted to the bottom of the car. The spring is a patent of Dr. Carpenter's, and bIbo the journal anti-friction arrangement. It is stated that cars of thin kind have been successfully used in Philadelphia and other Eastern cities. Dedications. St. Patrick's and Holy Croas Churches having been undergoing extensive repairs, the latter in conseqeence of a destructive fire last summer, were yesterday morning formally dedicated, the ceremonies at each church being of a most interesting nature.At Holy CrosB Church Bishop Toebbe, of Covington, officiated, and after tbe service of High Mass and the formalities incident to the dedication had been gone through with, he preached the dedication sermon, which was pronounced, by those who were fortunate to hear him, a most able effort. Tbe service began with mass early, the sermon being preached at 10:30. The various German church societies attended in a body and were beaded by Hemmerabach's band. Those who came early were accommodated inside the church, but it iB estimated that between six and seven hundred people lined the streets - in various directions from the church, unable to gain admission, Bishop Kosecrans officiated, and preached the dedication sermon at St. Patrick's Church. Tbe ceremonies were similar in every respect to those which took place at Holy Cross Church, and tho same inconvenience was experienced by several hundred persons, who were unable to gain admission.The ceremonies attending the dedications yesterday were looked forward to with considerable interest by the respective Societies, and mark an important event in local church history. Academy of medicine. The Academy of Medicine met in regular s-Esion Friday evening at the Board of Trade Room, Dr. Wngenhals in the chair. Dr. Loving read a paper on Aconite, its effects on the body and its remedial employment. He gave a history of the drug, its action on animals and man. He also gave a detailed account af the taxical properties of aconite and described the symptoms of the first, second, third and fourth degrees of operation as observed by Dr. Fleming, of the University of Edinhurg, Of its remedial employment he stated that it was used in rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, in diseases of the heart, in pulmonary diseases, in dysentery, in dropsy, etc. On motion, the article was referred to the editor of the Ohio Medical and Surgical Journal for publication. Cases were then reported by Drs. Loving, Pooley and Landis. The Academy then adjourned to meet January 4, 1873, which will be the annual meeting for the election of officers. County Commissioners. The County Commissioners met Saturday with a full Board present. The following bills were allowed : Richard M. Williams, for laying floor in the Lockwin bridge, $42.50; Henry Linamon, on acoount for furnishing and breaking atone on the National road, $20; J. O. Swartz, for labor, material and repairing bridge in Plain township, $6; Michael Haviland, for furnishing and breaking stone on tbe National road, $200.45; M. Corbett, on account for cutting channel for .Little Walnut creek, -A. ZLi Xi by Scientific Adjustment ot Lenses. New Advertisements. WM. TAYLOK, THE BROAD STREET Grocer, returns his thanks to his friends and the public generally, for tbe very liberal patronage which he has received from them during the past thirty-five years. Grateful for past favors, he invites a continuance of the patronage hitherto so generously bestowed, In order to brine business down to as near a cash .basis aa posnible, in future all bills will dc presented every tnirty aays. and payment must be made promptly on presentation of the same. dec24 1 2 4p 30 1 MONEY TO-DAY ! AtAnton'H New Plaee. Trade never mo lively before. Tbe Price Nellw tbe Uootlu. Ntnnflard Hoobs in Seta, ibeap. biniren'w Books very low. Block all JPrenti. Beat fiDit-ravlD(B, Cheap. linlppa Prrmlnm slbai Pn-eaenttt on Tablea Sc to 83. Keiuember ibotblldrea. Remember ibe Mew Ntore. ttooUs leas ibau bait loriner TBiea. Anything you want bat bi-prleea.JLant lhauoe fo-ltny, ISAAC C. ASTON, IS5 NORTH rj!I6II ST. dec!9 w th sm 4t NEWYEAH'S CALL CARDS. The largest and fine t assortment ever printed in Coliiui-bng. Young gentlemen who propose making NEW TEAR'S CALLS Will find the State Journal Job Dooms Prepared to Suit all Tastes. Ent ail and see Samples. de18 tf $375; same, on account for making approaches to a bridge in Madison township, $25; the Trustees of Madison township, for sewer pipe, $20, and M. Held, for masonry on a bridge over Sig Walnut creek, $64. James M. Daugherty, of Brown; Thomas H. Clover, of Prairie; Peter Schwartz, of Franklin township, and B. F. Bowen, Surveyor, were appointed viewers of a road petitioned for by George Eoebel and others. The viewers will meet the Si of January, Silver Wedding;. On Eist Friend street, Saturday, the 22J inst., from eleven to four o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. Franois Armstrong received their numerous friends, who called to express their warmest congratulations on the twentyfifth anniversary of their wedding. The company was large and select, The presents were numerous and reflected great credit upon the good taste of the donors, and all united in expressions of esteem and high regard for Mr. and Mrs, Armstrong. Hem Estate Transfers. Deeds have been filed in the Recorder's office since our last report as follows: Rath Seymour to Levi Wagoner, the east half of inlot 38; also, 12 feet off west side of inlot 39, December 22, 1877, for $1000. John McCoy to Edward Brans, 49 acres in Brown township, December 22, 1817, tor $4000. Jacob Romrick to Samuel V. Gram, 18 acres in Norwich township, December 22, 1877, for $900.

State .4 mi rmi V5 V-wVv VOL. XXXVIII. COLUMBUS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1877. NO. 307. SIEBERT & LILLET, BLANK BOOK IS A N IIFACTDKEIIH. Prlmei .iliiler, NtBtlonera and I i-(.al Blank Publishers. BOOK BINDING Ot every Description, by the Edition or chngu Volume. Opern House Building (Up Stairs), ap4 COLUMBUS. FALL fti VyiNTER WOOLENS. GEO. T. DUVALL, Merchant Tailor! 137 liUUTU U16U ST. aul8 ly NO FORFEITURES. THE JOHN HANCOCK HAS TRANSACTED BUSINESS FOR THE ptiBtNIxteen Team, and Id no single Instance has a policy issued by it been forfeited for the non-tmyment ot the premium. By the Now York Insurance Report, 1877, it will he Been that during 1870, the Life Insurance Companies doinff business in Die State of New York, lapsed, for the non-payment of premiums, Policies to an amount exceeding one hundred and six millions of dollars, (he whole reserve fund being confiscated. The loss indicted on this clans of Policy-holders fllone, during the past two years, will, it Is estimated, greatly oxoood the loss sustained by the failure of all the Life Insurnace Companies combined. No MnssHt'hnwetiB 1,1 1 e Innurntice Com pan? hits over fulled, relntiur-ed it r It lis, or coiiuoltUatetl wllb another fompnny, Over 0:150,000.00 have been paid in the past fow years i nder Lapsed Policies, which, if issued in any other State, would have been worihlettH. How $4,590 was Saved. Alexander Hitbie, of SpringBeld, Long Is land, insured his life with the John Hancock INiiinal MAfe lnnnrauce Company for $5000, in November, Ml. He paid two and one-half year's premium, less two annual dividends, when his Policy lapsed by the non-avment of the Semi-Annual Premium, due May lOih, 1874. Mr. Higbie died Sep tembitr Hth, 1870, nlN death nocurrliiff over two jfarn after bin poller baU lapNed. The John Hancock this day, December 2d, 1870, has paid, through its New York office, 8-1BDO to Mrs. Bnrah F. Higbie, widow of Alexander Higbie; this Bum being the full faoe of the Policy, less the over due premiums with interest. The above simply illustrates similar casea constantly occurring WHAT O TH tit COMPANIES DO How 85000 Were foat. Hon. H. O. Evans, vropnetor of theHoboken Weekly Democrat, for many years Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Jersey, insured his lif for $iOO0,with one of the largest and oldeBtCompanie; be paid bin premium, reu-ulttrly for nlue yeiiri. Two years ago, while riding in Central Park, he was thrown from his carriage and taken to his home insensible. A few days after the accident, but over one week prior to his death, his wife found his Policy of Life Insurance for $M00,but the premium was one day over due. The premium was at once tendered to the Company, but refused, although it was explained that Mr. Evans would have paid, as ho always had tor the past nine years, had he not lost his mind through the accident. The Company, ' however, ruled that the Policy was void and worthless because the tender of tho premium-was made one day too late. The following are some of the many cavxtt, which prevent policy holder 6 from paying their premiums when due, viz : Absence from home; truating to others; for-getfulness; temporary embarrassment; ions of confidence in the Company; lailure in business; failure of Company to send usual notice; change of residence; insanity or temporary aberation of mind. In rccoicultlon of the advanf aires of tbe HaMaebmicUB Non-Forfeliable Law. tbe New York ConimiHaloner, In bl Report of 1870, aayu : 'The Massachusetts Non-Forfeitable Law, or some similar enactment, enabling a policy-bolder to retrieve an act of forgetfulness on his part, or the failure of the agent to give the usual notice, would do much to restore public confidence in the integrity of Life Insurance management." Preaent ANaeta 82.800,253 00 Preaeut Nurplua, N. T. Law 458,398 43 Present Nnrplua, Man- aavhuseUa Law 258,403 08 Total amount of Innnr ance protected from forfeiture 810,020,404 00 Interest Income tor 1876, from investments 176,431 73 DlnbnrNein'ta for Death Claims 133,366 71 The income from interest receipts alone more than pays the death claims. THE JOHN-HANCOCK MUTUAL Life Insurance Company, OF BOSTON, MABS. President, GEORGE THORNTON. Secretary, oso.li. WOODWARD. Vice President, Bnmuel Atherton; Treasurer, Ohafl G. Wood; Counsel, Hamuel Walla; Metli cal Einminer, James 0. While, M. 1J ; Supervisor of Agents, Frank M. Hayden. CHAS. hTmOOBE, 25 N. BWII ST.... COLTJMBTIS, OHIO, State Agent for Ohio and West Vi'smia. Good, reliable business men can procure County and District ARencies, ou good terms, bv aoolvinK to the State Agent. oc24 eod 2m BOYER'S Carmelite Melissa Cordial, (Eau de Mel'me dee Cannes ) 800 YEARS Reputation Annual Sales In Paris ahmt, 1,800,000 Horn.KN. Sunnorted and sustained bv the endorsement of the most eminent of F&enoh Pbaotittonf.bs. A Sovereign Remedy far DYSPEPSIA, DISORDERS of tbe StOMAl'H, And nil Nervous A flee I Ions. Get the Genulm. Beware of Imitation!, 80LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Place, New York. R. Jooes k Sod, Wholesale r Dealers uoiumous,u, lepn ly ip MQQDIE, HUBBARD& CO, BANKERS, 61 SOUTH HIGH STREET. jy9 tf lp LEASON, Bookseller, Stationer & Newsdealer, GO SOUTH HIGH ST. (Opposite Miale Hon He) THIS DA VI And every day and evening, Iblrty-slxlb Animal D I spiny of Holiday Goods! ODB STOCK OF STANDARD BOOKS Is tbe Largest; JUVENILE ItOO UN la ine ihenneat; FA IV I' T HOODS la the moat Vnrlcd. UIIMTY, BEAUTY and DURABILI Tf linn been otir aim. sep29 6m lp l)iaState0iirnaL Uaii . : II I'curl uiitl liiil hit. 1. M. L'"'MI.V. A. W. FIIANC'IBOO. COtfLY & FRANCISCO, I't'oi.isHCRS and rnoi'alETons. A. W. FEASCISCO, General manager. Indications for the Tennessee and Ohio Valley Southeast winds, stationary temper ature, falling barometer, cloudy and rainy weather will prevail. Gei.D closed in New York Saturday at 102j. The suit recently instituted against sporting men for recovery of money lost by a bank defalcation, and alleged to have found its way to the gaming table, will again draw public attention to a dis grace which has afflicted Colambus for several ytara. Gambling hells are con ducted in this city openly and defiantly; and there seems to be no particular effort on the part of the proprietors to conceal the fact that they are pro fessional gamblers. They aim to make gambling respectable, and impudently assume their right to levy contributions on those weak and foolish enough to patronize them, and do not seem to be concerned about the source of supply. There is some wholesome law about keeping gambling houses and engaging in gambling for livelihood, which, if strictly applied, would land some well'dressed and high- living men in prison cells. Caliban and Pickaway, tho Enquirer commissioners who have been perambu lating the State in search of a Senator, submitted their eBtimateB Saturday morning. Caliban recapitulates as followB; Pendleton 37, Ewing 24, Morgan 21, Hurd 4, Ward 4, Payne 3 The correspondent adds: " It isn't claimed, understand, that this is tbe first ballot, or the second, either, for the complimentary votes may not be disposed of in either , but I think it is a very close approximation of tbe vole when they get down to business." Pickaway makes up tbe following estimate for the third ballot : Pendleton 31, Ewing 31, Morgan 29, Payne 1, scattering 1 the "scattering" Senator being 8teedman, who is supposed to be loaded with bird shot. Both esti mates may be said to be substantially for the third ballot, and comparisons therefore become interesting. Both correspondents agree that Representative White, of Franklin, will vote for Ewing, but they disagree as to Senator Erimmel and Beprenentative Booth, Caliban giving both of them to Pendleton, and Pickaway salting them squarely in the Ewing camp. There is the same difference as to the vole of Van Cleaf, of Pickaway county. Making Iron nt tteHNemer. The following communication is re published, in order to present the sub ject in complete form after the correction of some errors in figures which appeared Saturday morning: Ed. State Journal Newark, Ohio, Dec. 21. lo the Editor of the Ohio State Journal : In your paper of this date an .article ib copied from the Akron Beacon giving, amoDg other interesting items, the estimated cost of making iron at tbe Akron furnace Bessemer. The writer estimates three tons of ore at $2 per ton. ihe Akron Iron Company havo now in their kilns 19,000 tons of ore, at a cost of eightynve cents per ton. Allowing a handsome royalty, or in other words, one that would make tho land of fabulouB value per acre, i. e , fifteen centa per ton, and the following estimate will be much nearer the real facts of the cost of a ton of iron at that furnace: 3 tons ore at $1 00.,... $3 00 3 " coal at 70c 2 10 " limestone at 80c 60 Labor per ton 2 60 Repairs " 1 00 Incidentals" 1 00 Total $10 20 In the above estimate it will not be questioned that the estimated quantity and cost of material is ample, or that the UemB of labor, repairs and incidentals are more than sufficient for a furnace of the capacity of the Akron. E. Dealb of Mrs. I cHorl. Dayton Democrat, 22d. The venerable Mrs, Eckert, mother of General F, T. Eckert. of the American Telegraph company; W. F. Eckert, of Cincinnati (lor years conductor on ine Cincinnati. Hamilton and Davtnn rail road), and Captain Bingham Eckert, of the Ivsvenue service, died y ester nay morning, after n lingering illneBS. Mrs. Eckert was a native of Pennsylvania, but came to Ohio with her husband many vears ago, and settled in Miami county. She has been residing in this city several yean, with her children. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE OHIO STATE JOVBNAL EVARTS. Conclusion of hie Speech at tbe New KngJand Dinner Satnrday Even lug-. New Yobk, Dec. 23. Following is the concluding portion ot Secretary tvarts's speech at the New England dinner'last evening: "We have finished a struggle mat nas made permanent ana general in the constitutions, in the laws, and in the arrangement of society, a complete ad mission of the equality of the land of the safety of citizenship and the duty of mutual love. Now, after a great civil war greater than any the Nation has ever endured, sepa- rately and without disintegration or in. jury to its integrity, there are duties that do not belong to the condition, either pre. paratory to the strife or when the strife was in progress. We have found out what bayonets mean in this country, and vou remember what Eosea Bigelow says on that eubjet : 'Lord, didn't I feel streaky the nrst time i lounu out tne oayonets were peeping,' and you will observe that their utility is of a somewhat demon strative character. Bnt I think it is Bis. marck who is credited with the bull that biyonets are not an institution to sit down on, and so the American people, as averse as anv people could be to the use or the administration of bayonets, is the laat nation of the world that would like to sit down on that institution. Laughter and use ! When, therefore, we have come to a time when having secured every purpose of the war, when having enlisted the law and institutions of Booiety in furtherance of New England virtues, that justice and duty and right should prevail , throughout luiB land, let ub accept at once what we shall be recreant or faithless to our importance if we do not accept, that New England opinions. New En gland ideas and New England results are to make their way in this country by moral and intellectual methods. I hear some talk of reactionary lenden- oiesand influences, but if we are not willing to be patient, I do not think it ia advisable to resort to finished methods of force. Whenever those methods are neces sary, New England will resume her arms and not resort to theammositiea and jealousies in order to reach the coarser method of hostilities. New England practices her faith, and if these methods are slow, and by a gradual diffusion of moral government we can never be charged with having done anything that does not honor our New England ancestors. There are three questions now be fore the people, all public, unselfish, ennobling and patriotic. The public peace is tbe first one, and that is to be assured in the general way in which 1 have indi cated. Then there is the public faith the whole audience at this point rose and cheered heartily for the President without which we can not have an honorable national life; and last of all there la the public service, which, unless it is pure, strong and noble, will degrade the paiins ol our freedom to the lowest doggerel in 9'ireuw, In regard to the public faith we have passed the stage of antagonism; with regard to the Nation's debts, and what ia going on within our borders, theie are difficulties and dangers to be overcome, but there aro no hostili ties. Everything from the Erst to the West, from the North to tho South, is at peace. What we n'jed is to look after our wealth, to increase our gold and silver, to preserve our industry and thrift, and to make the most of our brotherhood. It was a very wise maxim of Mr. Webster, when in tho bitternerB of the strife that was waging against him in the latter dayB of his career, he made this ready answer: 'They are not bad men, but bad reasoners upon the subject of the public service.' It is better that all should have one good example than many principles. We must not step backward. J his must be tne motto ot our magistrates, statesmen, teachers, editors and tho people. We must goon, we must go on. We must understand that there are many difficulties to be en countered in the methods by which we may reach our way out, and 1 believe that those difficulties will be met in the words of Mr. Burke. Where he speaka of life of a good government he says: y whatever path the great places are to be reached, even H that path be slimy with calumny and jealousy, the one which ' tends upward will be the one taken, it is lor you as a people to make your public life bright and clear, and ever tending upward SB an example of your public service. I need oulyBtate, with your honored President, be has never pursued any deviouB paths, and he does not propose to encourage their pursuit by others." L Prolonged cheers.J Perry Bowabcr'a Trial, 9peoial to the Ohio Stale Journal. Cd-illicothe, Dec. 22 Perry Bow- sher, accused of the murder of the Mc-Vey family, a short time since, was brought from the Columbus jail to-day and arraignt d before our court which is now in session, Judge Steel presiding. Uis trial was set for the first of next session, January 8. Bowsher stated to the Court that he had no means to employ counsel for defense, and the Court appointed Hon. Archibald Mayo and Colonel William Qilmore as his attorneys. Mr. Mayo stated that bb the statute allowed only $100 for defending criminals even in capital cases, and as the prisoner was conhned in the franklin county jail, which involved considerable expense when his client was consulted, he asked that some procedure be entered into to allow extra compensation for this labor and expense. Under the circumstances this is a case ol extra hardship, but bow this problem will be solved is a mystery that all tbe attorneys in the State will be anxious lo have unraveled. United States and Meloan Troona Join Hands In tbe Pnranlt ol Raiders of tbe Border. New York, Deo, 28 A San Antonio special says: Ofl Thursday last, Lieutenant Ward, in command of a detachment of United Stales cavalry, followed the trail of a party of Indiana going out of Texas with stolen stock to the Rio Urande. Lieutenant Ward notified the nearest Mexican officer, who appeared with a detachment of troops and the two commands joined in following tbe trail into Mexico. The joint Bcout was fruit less, but the Mexican omcers expressed a willingness to co-operateMn pursuing the raiders when they cross into Mexico. oumlBNloner of Western Railroads Pirn.TT.rni,ii! Tien. 23. Nathan flnil. ford, General Freight Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railway, has resigned to accept the position of Commissioner of Western ranroaas, to wmcn no ins ap pointed by a unanimous vote of forty-eight roads, His office will be at Ohi ongo. Senator Patterson's Coudltlon. Washington, Dec. 23. Senator Pat. terson'B enndition does not seem sb favor1 able as yesterday. He is weak from nerv ous prostration. His friends say ihat even if he should recover, ne would not be able to leave bis room for aeveral weeks to com;. FOREIGN. Determined to Carry on tbe War to tbe Lost Extremity. London. Dec. 23. A Constantinople dispatch says : It ia declared the Porte is determined to carry on the war to the last extremity, should request for media tion fail. Layard. the British Embonaa dor, has not yet received Lord Derby's reply to the Forte a note. Great distress prevails among the poor of Constantinople. The price of provi sions ia rising in consequence of a de. preciation of the currency. Trouble is anticipated if the price of bread is in creased. Rumored Peace Overtures Constantinople, Dec, 23. The Porte has issued a proclamation deposing Prince Milan, of eervia. it is rumored that on Thursday the Sultan ordered Edhem Pa. sha, Grand Vizier, to take steps to pro. cure peace. Tbe Old and tbe New ministers. London, Dec. 23. Mr. Pierrepont presented his letters of recall to the Queen at Windsor Castle, Saturday, and Mr, Welsh presented his credentials as Minister of Ihe United Stales. They were both introduced by Earl Derby. Oreece Calls Oat Her Reserves. London, Dec. 23. A dispatch from Athens announces that M, Coumoundouis has submitted bills to the Chamber for nominating officers of the mobile Nation al guard, and immediately calling out the reserve ot the regular amy, Rnsslans About Erzeromn. London. Dec. 23 A teleeram from Eizerouni reports that twenty battalions of Russians have been seen northeast of Erzeroum. ConBiderable Russian forces have also concentrated behind the Deve Boyun. Ambassador Gazetted. Paris. Deo. 23. The appointment of marquis de Ht, valuer to be Ambassador to Berlin, is gazetted. , Rnsslan i,usaes. St. Petersburg. Deo. 23. The total Russian loss by the war to December 20, is 80,412. Fire In Neffarh, tipeciul tu the OhioStato Journal. Newark. Die. 23. The only thinr that saved Newark from a very disas trous fire, which consumed the Btables of Dr. Barrows, Mrs. Ballou and Mrs. Atch- rly this morning shortly after midnight. was the absence of wind and tbe damp condition of the roofs of the buildings in close proximity. Ibe Jire Department did not set to work until all three of the structures were in flames. Tbia is in a measure ac counted for by tho fact that the fire alarm bell cannot be heard at but a very short distance from where it is situated, consequently the men were not all out. This bell was made for a district school in Allegheny City, which on trial the directors refused to accept, and it was afterward bought lor this city for the purpose for which it ia now used by a junketing com mittee of our City Council, who went there to purohase it and have a good time. The Newark Fire Department, although passably good, could be made much better with a little judicious handling. We merely make this suggestion and desire it to be understood as offered, in a spirit of kindness. Dr. Borrowe's horses, including Daniel the Prophet and Red Eagle, were got out of his stable without injury, A valuable team belonging to Mr. Beach, in one of tbe other stables, was injured to some ex-lent by the fire. This burning, it is believed, was the work of an incendiary, as the premises in which it commenced were locked up as late as ten o'clock. It commenced in the hay loft. Reception of Hra. Hayes. New York. Dec. 23. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ellis, formerly of Cincinnati, last evening gave a reception to Mrs. Hayea at their residence, West Fifty- seventh s'.reet. Although it was quite an impromptu a flair, there were a large number of distinguished people present, and the entertainment waB of the most agreeable character, The President was expected to arrive at some time during tbe evening, but the lateness of tbe hour that the dinner of tbe XNew England Society was over, rendered his presence impos sible. The President. New York. Dec. 23. President and Mrs. Hayes this morning attended divine service at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the evening at Rev. Dr. John Hall's Presbyterian Church. The President arid party start for Washington to-morrow morning. Worneu and Home. Bob fngersoll.l I believe woman is the equal of man and has all the rights of man, and one more, that of protection, I believe the institution of marriage to be the holiest and most sacred institution among men. Yet it took thousands of yeare to advance from Blavery up to the marriage institution. I hale a man who thinks he is the head of the family, I do. I despise him, I hale one of these dignified old galoots. Roars of laughter I never saw a diguitied man who was not a dunce. Solemnity is a breistwork which mediocrity throws up to defend itself from the eyes of the world. I hate a man who ia an aristocrat in his family, and whose wife is obliged to be a beggar. She Bays, "I want a dollar," and aska for it as if she were standing on a bombshell, and he replies, "What did you do with the laat BO cental gave you?" tlow many women are obliged to be continual beggars ? How can you raise children in such an atmosphere? It's a terrible thing; it's wretched and mlamous. j. believe in tne democracy of the family. Every home should be a little republic in itself. Love is the only thing that will pay 10 per cent. to both borrower and lender. Love is the only thing where the leaBt possible extravagance is the height of economy. What right has man to be the head of the family 1 A man should be cheerful and pleasant on coming into a house. W hen yon enslave any body you make him dishonest. You cannot put a fetter on the limb of any man without putting a corre sponding fetter on your brain. Some people ask me if I am in nivor oi women voting, I say let them settle that themselves, But it has seemed to me that on some questions, that of war for instanoe, a wo man who has children to be offered on the altar, has as good a right to decide as somo wretched sobody who reels and staggers to the ballot-box. I sometimes think there is more genuine kindness among the poor than among the rich. There is no need of being etingy, If you h&vo but a dollar, spend it like a man, I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend it like a beggar. Among the poor there are more opportunities for kindnesB and self-denial than among the rich, A hijt with love in it is a palace lit for a king, A little while ago I stood at tho tomb of tbe dead Napoleon, and when I thought of his past life, I thought I would rather have been a French peasant and worn wooden Bhoee, living in a but with a little wire I loved, with children upon my knee and their arms about my neok, and died unnoticed and unknown, loyed OUR POPULAR HOLIDAY SALE STILL IN FORCE ! OVERCOATS! SUITS ! FURNISHING GOODS! 337Vn&jIJNTS FOR EVER by those who knew me, than ts have been that king. It is not necessary to be great or powerful to be happy. A false doc trine baa been taught in the community, It is that only a man who works his whole life away is successful. A man whose days have been days of enjoyment, whose life is bnppy, who is tbe emperor as well as the subject of one heart his life has been the only true success. Welab Love fr Music. Wirt Bvkes, in Appleton's Journal lor Janu-uary.lIn one aspect the Welsh people may be spoken of as a people whose lives are passed in the indulgence of their love for music and dancing. The air of Wales seems always full of music. In the Christmas season there is an unending succession of concerts and of miscellaneous entertainments, of which music forms a pari; while you can not enter a tap. room where a few are gathered together without the imminent probability that one or more will break forth in Bong. By this is not meant a general musical howl, such as is apt to be evoked from a room lull of men of any nationality when very much under the influence of the rosy god; but good set songs, with good Welsh or English words to them, executed with respect for their work by the vocalists, and listened to with a like respect by the rest of the company. When an Englishman is drunk he is belligerent; when a Frenchman is drunk he is amorous; when an Italian is drunk he is loquacious; when a Scotchman is drunk he is argumentative; when a German is drunk he is sleepy; when an American ia drunk he brags; and when a Welshman is drunk he sings. Sometimes he dances; but he docs not do himself credit aB a dancer under these circumstances; for when I speak of dancing I do not refer to taose wooden paces and inflections which paas for . dancing in society, whether in Europe or America, and which are little more than an amiable pretext for bringing in contact human elements which are slow to mix when planted in chairs about a room; I refer to the individual dancing of men who do not dance for tbe purpose of touching women's hands, or indulging in small talk, but for the purpose of dancing, and who apply themselves seriously and skillfully to their work to wit, the scientific performance of the jig. Tbe Trade Dollar at a DUcouut. Washington Cor. Boston Journal. The Treasury Department haa information that San Francisco bankers have sent circulars to Western manufacturers, offering to supply them with trade dollars at one and a half per cent, discount, Mexican dollurB have also recently been sent in considerable amounts from New York to the West. They are sold at ninetyfive cents on a greenback dollar. There is said to be a large Btipply of trade dollars at San Francisco, as the bankers there refuse to take them except as a Bpecial deposit. The Director of the Mint has received applications to coin much larger amountB of trade dollars, on account of this demand in the West, but the Secretary of the Treasury is endeavoring to prevent any additional coinage of the trade dollar, except for the purpose of exportation, and he is understood to claim that he has the power, under the act authorizing the trade dollar, to do this. He claims that the trade dollars are authorized only for export purposes. Treasury officials are alio advised that Biveral large manufactureit in the Western cities have begun to use trade dollars, paying them out instead of greenbacks aB the price of a day's work, and that the tradesmen in some of the cities, notably Cleveland, are already beginning to discover that a silver dollar worth ninetyfive cents will buy as much tea and sugar as a greenback dollar. The Western bankers refuse to give greenback credits for silver deposits. Women Lawyers and Congress. Hartford Times.l The House Judiciary committee, Btrange aa it may appear, were almost unanimous in favor of reporting the bill giving women lawyers the right to practice before tbe Supreme Court of the United States, after having heard the argument of Mrs. Belva Lockwood, Washington's first woman lawyer. As soon as Mrs. Lockwood left the committee room, Ben Butler suggested that the committee vote upon the bill. "If any gentleman has anything to advance," said he, "to show that a woman has not aa good a right to practice law, everywhere and anywhere, as a man, I would like to hear it." Nothing was said, and it was decided to report the bill favorably as soon as tbe committee ia again called in the House. Proctor Knott will, it is said, make a speech In support of the bill, as will also Butler and Frye Mrs. Lockwood has a first-class practice in the courts of the district, having worked it up in the face of many obstacles. She has been employed in any number of equity and divorce cases and contests over wills, and kept up all the time a large practice before the criminal court, where she has won great distinction as an attorney. She haB one or two women students in her office. The Wentber and Business. Cincinnati price Current.! Great complaints are made of the remarkably unseasonable weather. We are within a few days of Christmas and no snow has fallen of any consequence in new England. The .northern lakes, rivers and canals remain open. The tern perature in Cincinnati at 2 o'clock p. m. for the last ten days has only once been as low as 47 degrees, and as we write it is up to 08. This restricts trade in many branches of business. Pork packing without ice is impracticable, and that business is in suspense. Tbe trade in fruit, such aa apples and oranges, suffers from the rapid decay of these artioles, The distribution of winter clothing, dry IF" Xj .A. 7 KTJEIIXj HOUSI3 BIiOOK. goods, furs, etc., is restricted, and in fact every branch of business is more or less depressed by the warm weather. HE CITY. Jnuaeuui of Natnrnl History Ex pluuatory Cards. The proposed establishment of a Museum of Natural History in this city, resulted in a misunderstanding jn regard to authority for the use of names and haB called forth the following cards : To the Editor of Ihe Ohio 8tale Journal : I regret the necessity which compels me to solicit the use of yourcolumnB for the purpose of placing myself right on tbe record. Perhaps ten days ago Mr. Jacob H. Stnder called upon me to know whether the establishment of a Natural History Museum in this city would meet my approbation, and whether I could or would contribute toward it. I replied that such museum would not only meet my hearty approval, but that I had a number of natural history objects which I would cheerfully contribute. lo this he replied that if he might use my name as approving of the enterprise that he could secure more contributions than without it, knowing me to be an active member of the Natural History Society, etc. Of course I was perfectly willing that he should say to any and everybody that I was in favor of a Nat ural History Museum, He did not tell me. nor did 1 ever dream, that my name waa to be attached to a circular proposing a lottery scheme by which to obtain funds. Nor did he advise mo that any "disfr6ufioa" or lot tery was in any manner to be connected with it. Knowing full well that all "Gift," "Vistiibution" or lottery schemes, by wnatever name designated, are unlawful in Ohio, I certainly would not knowingly head a list proposing or endorsing any such enterprise. JOHN H. K.LIPPART. Columbus, 0 , Dec. 22. To the Editor of the Ohio State Journal : Professor John H. Klippart, in a card, which appears in tbe Herald of this morning, withdraws his name from the supposed distribution of twelve landscape paintings, to raise a fund to establish in this city a free Museum of Natural History. I regret that he misunderstood me, or the plan proposed. No lottery, or game of chance was coupled with the prop osition, nor do 1 wish my euorts so interpreted.The donation of the paintings was to give an added interest to an enterprise, which certainly ib a public benefit. The cost of the paintings would have been about two hundred dollars onethird their real value. The income from the sale of tickets, estimated by what has been paid, would have reached about fifteen hundred dollars, which sum would have been sufficient to purchase glass cases to preserve tbe specimens, and establish the Museum. The four hundred and eightytwo dollars and fifty cents I have received to date, from the sale of tickets, will be returned on demand, and all ex penses incurred I assume. Jacob H, Studeb. December 23, 1877. Hosiltal for Insane. Tbe trustees and officers of the Colum bus Hospital for Insane filed their annual report with the Governor on Saturday. The report is very large, giving in detail the money spent for building purposes, the reasons for not opening the building sooner for the admission of patients, extended remarks about gradingjand beautifying the grounds, and other miscellaneous matters. During the year $214,568.03 has been spent for building purposes, leaving $781.23 in the treasury for this fund. The trustees ask for $36,754.78 to pay ouatanding claims for work on the building.Ihe sum required to complete the four unfinished wards on the fourth floor is $5246; this will make the total coBtof the building $1,526,226 45. The work of grading and beautifying the grounds has been going on extensively during the year, the grounds having been laid out in walks, drives and lawns: also, the swampy ground at the rear of the south wing has been drained and filtered. An additional BDproDriation of $20,000 is asked for to continue this work; also, t:DU to be used in fixing up the water supply and sewerage. Following are the estimates for the coming year : Building funds, $42,000; current expenses, $150,000; grading and lencmg, zu,ihiu; ice house, fcliouu; screcnB for basement. $2500: library and Dictures. $300; salaries, $5200; airing courts and mortuary, $.000; organ and pianos, $1500; fire extinguishers $600, Christmas Celebration at Trinity Cbnrcb. There will be an interesting choral service at Trinity Church this evening (Christmas Eve), beginning at half-past six o'clock, illustrating by song and the Gospel narrative the birth and life of the "Child Jesus." The children of the Sunday School, the choir of the Church and the congregation will all unite in the service of sacred song. The Church will be appropriately decorated for the occasion. The promise of the Messiah, the kingdom foretold, the prophecy and promise fulfilled, the birth of the Child Jesus, the Bhepherds keeping watch, the good tidings of great joy, the three kings ot the Orient, each successively eventB in the Gospel narrative, will be illustrated in the service. After the service the children of the Sunday School will "gather around the Christmas tree," G- ZEE YTJIE TIDE COXFLIMiaiVTS ELLIOTT, The OPTICIAN. SPECTACLES, EYE GLASSES, MICROSCOPE, ACCESSORIES, Etc.. All Delects ot V ision remedied Steam street Hallway. An engine and car are being fitted up by the Franklin Machine company, to be used on the North High Btreet railway. The work is being done under the direction of Dr. Carpenter and J. Gill Blain The engine will be finished in a few days, when a trial will take place. It has been used a little, but has received a thorough overhauling, and a few improvements. It is about five horse power, haying two cylinders, with four-inch bores, and a stroke of five inches. A reversable lever has been added to it. An upright tubular boiler will be used. The engine and boiler will probably weigh one thousand pounds. The engine and boiler will be placed on a car something after the fashion of a street car, but only about six feet long. The piBsenger car will hold about twenty-five persons. Only Bix wheels are required Icr both cars, as the passenger car is made to rest on the engine car. The steam will escape into a sufficient amount of pipe, under the paBsenger car, to condense it, and will then run inlo the water tank. The power is conveyed from the engine to the drive wheels by means of a chain belt. It is Btated that the engine can be stopped aa soon as a horse. A steel spring for the purpose of giving it some assistance in starting and stopping, is adjusted to the bottom of the car. The spring is a patent of Dr. Carpenter's, and bIbo the journal anti-friction arrangement. It is stated that cars of thin kind have been successfully used in Philadelphia and other Eastern cities. Dedications. St. Patrick's and Holy Croas Churches having been undergoing extensive repairs, the latter in conseqeence of a destructive fire last summer, were yesterday morning formally dedicated, the ceremonies at each church being of a most interesting nature.At Holy CrosB Church Bishop Toebbe, of Covington, officiated, and after tbe service of High Mass and the formalities incident to the dedication had been gone through with, he preached the dedication sermon, which was pronounced, by those who were fortunate to hear him, a most able effort. Tbe service began with mass early, the sermon being preached at 10:30. The various German church societies attended in a body and were beaded by Hemmerabach's band. Those who came early were accommodated inside the church, but it iB estimated that between six and seven hundred people lined the streets - in various directions from the church, unable to gain admission, Bishop Kosecrans officiated, and preached the dedication sermon at St. Patrick's Church. Tbe ceremonies were similar in every respect to those which took place at Holy Cross Church, and tho same inconvenience was experienced by several hundred persons, who were unable to gain admission.The ceremonies attending the dedications yesterday were looked forward to with considerable interest by the respective Societies, and mark an important event in local church history. Academy of medicine. The Academy of Medicine met in regular s-Esion Friday evening at the Board of Trade Room, Dr. Wngenhals in the chair. Dr. Loving read a paper on Aconite, its effects on the body and its remedial employment. He gave a history of the drug, its action on animals and man. He also gave a detailed account af the taxical properties of aconite and described the symptoms of the first, second, third and fourth degrees of operation as observed by Dr. Fleming, of the University of Edinhurg, Of its remedial employment he stated that it was used in rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, in diseases of the heart, in pulmonary diseases, in dysentery, in dropsy, etc. On motion, the article was referred to the editor of the Ohio Medical and Surgical Journal for publication. Cases were then reported by Drs. Loving, Pooley and Landis. The Academy then adjourned to meet January 4, 1873, which will be the annual meeting for the election of officers. County Commissioners. The County Commissioners met Saturday with a full Board present. The following bills were allowed : Richard M. Williams, for laying floor in the Lockwin bridge, $42.50; Henry Linamon, on acoount for furnishing and breaking atone on the National road, $20; J. O. Swartz, for labor, material and repairing bridge in Plain township, $6; Michael Haviland, for furnishing and breaking stone on tbe National road, $200.45; M. Corbett, on account for cutting channel for .Little Walnut creek, -A. ZLi Xi by Scientific Adjustment ot Lenses. New Advertisements. WM. TAYLOK, THE BROAD STREET Grocer, returns his thanks to his friends and the public generally, for tbe very liberal patronage which he has received from them during the past thirty-five years. Grateful for past favors, he invites a continuance of the patronage hitherto so generously bestowed, In order to brine business down to as near a cash .basis aa posnible, in future all bills will dc presented every tnirty aays. and payment must be made promptly on presentation of the same. dec24 1 2 4p 30 1 MONEY TO-DAY ! AtAnton'H New Plaee. Trade never mo lively before. Tbe Price Nellw tbe Uootlu. Ntnnflard Hoobs in Seta, ibeap. biniren'w Books very low. Block all JPrenti. Beat fiDit-ravlD(B, Cheap. linlppa Prrmlnm slbai Pn-eaenttt on Tablea Sc to 83. Keiuember ibotblldrea. Remember ibe Mew Ntore. ttooUs leas ibau bait loriner TBiea. Anything you want bat bi-prleea.JLant lhauoe fo-ltny, ISAAC C. ASTON, IS5 NORTH rj!I6II ST. dec!9 w th sm 4t NEWYEAH'S CALL CARDS. The largest and fine t assortment ever printed in Coliiui-bng. Young gentlemen who propose making NEW TEAR'S CALLS Will find the State Journal Job Dooms Prepared to Suit all Tastes. Ent ail and see Samples. de18 tf $375; same, on account for making approaches to a bridge in Madison township, $25; the Trustees of Madison township, for sewer pipe, $20, and M. Held, for masonry on a bridge over Sig Walnut creek, $64. James M. Daugherty, of Brown; Thomas H. Clover, of Prairie; Peter Schwartz, of Franklin township, and B. F. Bowen, Surveyor, were appointed viewers of a road petitioned for by George Eoebel and others. The viewers will meet the Si of January, Silver Wedding;. On Eist Friend street, Saturday, the 22J inst., from eleven to four o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. Franois Armstrong received their numerous friends, who called to express their warmest congratulations on the twentyfifth anniversary of their wedding. The company was large and select, The presents were numerous and reflected great credit upon the good taste of the donors, and all united in expressions of esteem and high regard for Mr. and Mrs, Armstrong. Hem Estate Transfers. Deeds have been filed in the Recorder's office since our last report as follows: Rath Seymour to Levi Wagoner, the east half of inlot 38; also, 12 feet off west side of inlot 39, December 22, 1877, for $1000. John McCoy to Edward Brans, 49 acres in Brown township, December 22, 1817, tor $4000. Jacob Romrick to Samuel V. Gram, 18 acres in Norwich township, December 22, 1877, for $900.